Ketubah

Page of Aramaic text with illustrations of figure on left side of text holding tablets and figure on right side of text with hat, tents above text, and animals and burning bush below text.

Ketubah between God and Israel for Shavuot

In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the…

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Protector of Women

Please listen to my words, Wise, honest, and beautiful women For my riddle is complete: Against your faithful crew [of women] Old men Raise your shame to the stars While I protect you, Defend you…

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Mural of two figures looking at each other under hieroglyphs.

Fringes/tassels on Garments of "Asiatics"

Fringes/tassels on garments of “Asiatics.” In Egyptian art, tassels are a typical feature of the garb of Asiatics, the peoples of Canaan/Israel and Syria, as in this mural from the tomb of Pharaoh…

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